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needed it no longer, it was taken to the burial-ground and placed in or 
under a tree with all the paraphernalia belonging to it wrapped up inside ; 
or was suspended to the branches or placed in a fork of a tree in the 
forest. I have myself found many such thus placed or hidden away. In 
the modern cradle one invariably finds the bottom lined with a piece of tin 
cut from the side of a kerosene can. This in former days was, of course, 
impossible. They are also sometimes highly decorated with the brass cases 
of rifle cartridges fastened through the cap-hole by thongs to the edge of the 
cradle. They doubtless had a practical as well as an esthetic value. The 
jingle of them would attract the infant’s attention and amuse it. Infants 
were, and still are, always nursed and dandled in the cradle, which the 
mother always carries about with her. On Sundays nothing is commoner 
where there is a church than to see the mothers bringing "their cradles to 
the service with them. When the child is fretful they rock the cradle 
on their knees or set it upright so that the child may look about it and 
see what is going on. Generally the head of the cradle is covered with a 
movable hood, which can be pushed back or drawn forward at will. 
Tattooing and Painting. 
Tattooing was, and to some extent still is, practised by the women. 
The commonest marks are three parallel lines. On old women these are 
seen on the side of the face, and sometimes on the chin, but on the 
younger ones more commonly on the wrist or arm. I made many 
inquiries, but was unable to discover what signification these marks had 
other than that they were decorative. I am disposed to think, however, 
that in earlier days they had some special significance, this particular 
marking of three simple lines being so common and so universal among 
the women. The women also formerly pierced the septum of the nose, in 
which the dentalium shell was worn. Facial and body paintings were 
quite common among the men of the N’tlaka’/pamug. To express joy they 
painted the face white and red, as we learn from their stories. The 
warrior always painted his face before going into battle, and the youths 
in their morning sports and exercises covered their bodies with all kinds 
of fanciful designs. 
Games. 
They were fond of games, like their neighbours, and utilised the level 
grassy river benches for various games of ball. One of these games, 
called by them swh'-kul-lila'-ka, was not unlike our own game of football. 
The players were divided, as with us, into two groups, and at each end of 
the field was a goal formed by two poles planted several feet asunder. 
The play commenced from the middle of the field, and the object of the 
players was to get the ball through the goal of their adversaries. The 
ball was made from some kind of tree fungus, cut round and covered with 
elk-hide. I could not learn anything of the rules of the game ; nor was 
my informant certain whether the feet or hands, or both, were used in 
propelling the ball. Mention is made of this game in one of the stories 
here recorded. Gambling was also a favourite pastime here as elsewhere. 
The game known by the term L’tpig was that commonly practised. 
Much betting went on among the players, and all bets were made and 
‘booked’ before the game commenced. The method of ‘booking’ was 
primitive. The objects staked were simply tied or fastened together and 
set on one side till the game was over, the winner then taking his own 
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